Splice-bar



(No Model.)

A. M HUGH.

I I SPLICE BAR. 7 No. 379,176. Patented Mar. 6. 1888.

U ITED STATES PATENT Orr ce.

ALOYSIUS MOHUGH, OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

S P LlCE-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,176, dated March 6,1888.

Application filed June 17, 1887. Serial No.- 241,658. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALoYs1Us MOHUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dubois, in the county of Clearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and use ful Improvement inSplice-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in splice -bars for the jointsbetween railroadrails'; and it consists in a certain novel con=struction and arrangementof parts for service, fully set forthhereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the outside of a rail-jointprovided with my improved bar. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inside.Fig. 3 is a section on the line yy, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transversesection of the coupling on the line was of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the parts of the invention detached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, 'A designates the ends of two railswhich are spliced together by my improved device, and B is the chairunder the ends of the same, comprising the base plate B, having aflange, b, on one side provided with a beveled outer side, and a flange,O, on the inner side adapted to fit over the lowerinner flange of therail. The edge of the said flange, closeto the body of the rail, isturned up to form a lip, D, inclined inwardly slightly, and, adapted tobear at the upper edge against the under side of the upper flange, a, ofthe rail.

E designates a flat bar adapted to bear at the lower edge against thebeveled side of the flange b and at the upper edge against-the underside of the upper flange, a, of the rail in the same manner as the lip Oon the opposite side of the rail. it will be noticed that the bar E isalso inclined inwardly, and there forebears squarely on the beveledsurface of the flange b. A slight rib, e. is formed on the inner sideofthe bar E, which is adapted, when the same is in position, to beardownupon the upper side of the lower flange, a, of the rail, to hold thesame down on that side.

F F are openings formed through the flange O, and notches are formed inthe edges of the rails to' align with the said openings, and

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locked in position as before without altering the position thereof.

The lower edge of the bar E is notched, as seen at H, and openings I areformed in the baseplate B to align therewith; also, small notchesareformed in the lower flange, a, of the rail to align with the saidopenings 1 and notches H, and spikes G, similar to the spikes G, arepassed through the said aligned openings and notches and driven into theties.

When the rails break, or it is desired to re move them for any reason,the spikes G are drawn and the bar E removed,when the ends of the railswhich are in the coupling or splicebar will be-free. A small notch, h,is formed in the lower edge of the bar E, to enable the said bar to bereadily removed by inserting a bar or pry in the said notch.

When a weight is on the rail, the pressure is exerted on the upper edgesof the lip D and the bar E, and as these are inclined the pressure isdistributed, and, owing to the disposition of the parts of the device,there can be no It will be seen that the bar E cannot slip out of place,as the lower edge thereof presses down firmly on the bev- 'eled side ofthe flange. The rib e on the inner side of the bar E bears upon thelower flangev of the rail and thus holds it in place.

Small perforations h h are formed in the plate B about the center toallow sand and water which may enter the chair to, escape.

Having thus described my invention, l claim The combination, with therails having notches therein, of the chair B, comprisingthe plate B,provided with perforations h therein, beveled flange b, and the flangeC, having the lip D on the edge thereof, bar E, having the notch h inthe lower edge and resting at the lower edge on the said beveled flange,rib e ownlhave hereto afiixed mysignaturein preson the inner side of thesaid bar, and the ence of two witnesses.

spikes G, to pass through openings in the bar 7 s E and chair B, andalso through aligned open- ALOXSHM MCHUGH' 5 ings in the rails,substantially as and'for the Witnesses:

purpose set forth. I G. H. BARRETT,

In testimony thatI clai mthe foregoing as my J. W. MOHUGH.

